Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Religion
A History Of The Missionary Activities Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints In India, 1849-1856, R. Lanier Britsch
A History Of The Missionary Activities Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints In India, 1849-1856, R. Lanier Britsch
Theses and Dissertations
The East India Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was officially opened in 1851, with the arrival of Elder Joseph Richards from England. He baptized several people, the most important of whom were James Patric Meik and his family, Maurice White, and Matthew McCune and his family. The Meiks and the McCunes contributed a great deal of service to the Church in Calcutta and Rangoon. Both of these families eventaully immigrated to Utah. Elder Richards left Calcutta after a few months there and before his return some months later, was preceeded by Elder William Willes. Willes …
The Life Of Amos Milton Musser, Karl Brooks
The Life Of Amos Milton Musser, Karl Brooks
Theses and Dissertations
For more than half a century Amos Milton Musser was a conspicuous figure in the social, religious, and business life of Utah.
Amos Milton Musser, the second son and fourth child of Samuel and Anna Barr Musser, was born in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1830. When he was four years old, his father died. after three years of widowhood, his mother remarried, but her husband, Abraham Bitner, soon died, leaving her with two additional children.
During her second widowhood, times were so hard that Mrs. Bitner had to ask for help in supporting her children. John Neff, …